There are dozens of new miles of bike trails and “bikeways” for those ready

BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz!

Yo duders! #killmeandeveryonelikeme Do you feel betrayed and disgusted by your professional cycling idols? Well, before you get too judgmental, keep in mind that this is what the Tour de France would look like without any performance-enhancing drugs:

A reader forwarded this video to me, and while cheating may technically be "wrong" I'm starting to think that maybe we shouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater here. I'll take EPO-addled attacks over fey fixie fashion cavorting any day.

Speaking of bikes, did you know that people in America fucking hate them? Well, it's true. Actually, I should clarify that. Not only do they hate bikes, but they also hate people who ride bikes, and special lanes for those people to ride bikes in, and even little racks on which to park the horrible things. Consider this proposed bike rack in Brooklyn that would replace one car parking spot:

"The transportation will be disrupted...and anyone hit by a car or bike coming out of that parking lot for bikes has to fend for himself," worried Eliseo Ruiz, the transportation committee's chair. "It looks like this is just going to be storage for bikes."

Yeah, good point about bikes flying out of that rack and hitting people. If you've ever walked by a bike rack you know how cyclists are always unlocking their bicycles, lifting the rear wheel off the street, whipping the RPMs up to like 12,000 RPMs, and then peeling out of there like fleeing criminals. Also, another good point that it's just going to be storage for bikes--which would obviate the whole "getting hit by a bike" thing since "storage" generally implies "leaving something where it is." Really, the best and most convincing anti-bike arguments are the ones that fly in the face of physics and are completely self-contradicting. For reasoning this brilliant you have to go back to the proposed Brooklyn velodrome, which people in Brooklyn Heights don't want because it will attract too many people and nobody will use it.

Flint Jr.’s original electronic signature, given when he joined the website, “excludes Strava from responsibility of legal claims or demands,” according to an article on the website of Bicycle Retailer and Industry News.

Here's his process, which he's employed with an impressive number of notable personages:

1. Never acknowledge their celebrity. You are simply asking for a favor by having your photo taken.2. No autographs or photos with or of your subject. No “I loved you in Look Who’s Talking 6.”3. Get in, get the shot, say ‘thanks’, and get out.

And here's a really bad photo taken by Jeff Goldblum:

By the way, despite Goldblum's shitty photo skills you may recognize him from this infamous Dario "Smell of Steel" Pegoretti interview:

And now, I'm pleased to present you with a quiz. As always, study the item, think, and click on your answer. If you're right then buy yourself something nice on me on your own high-interest credit card and then I won't pay you back, and if you're wrong you'll see some fancy riding.

Thanks very much for reading, ride safe, and stay hydrated, unless you're made of wicker.

--Wildcat Rock Machine

(The boat is professional cycling. It's a metaphor. I went to a college.)